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Hermes<br />
Read the fable.<br />
Editing skills<br />
hermes was the son of the god zeus and an mountain nymph<br />
he was a very speshal child who on his first day of life found<br />
a empty tortoise shell and used it to make the first musical<br />
instrament an lyre<br />
hermes was known for his helpfullness to humanity when<br />
perseus was ordored by the king to bring him medusas head<br />
as a gift hermes provided him with an helmet to make him<br />
invisable and magic sandals so th<strong>at</strong> he could fly swiftly perseus<br />
was able to complete his mission succesfuly thanks to the<br />
asisstance hermes had given<br />
as the p<strong>at</strong>ron of travelers it was hermess job to convey dead<br />
soles to the underworld<br />
hermes was also the mesenger of the gods he carried an<br />
special staff and is often depicted wearing an straw h<strong>at</strong><br />
1 Punctu<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
(a) Find the missing capital letters, full stops,<br />
6 commas and 2 apostrophes.<br />
2 Grammar<br />
When the word ‘a’ is needed before a word<br />
beginning with a vowel sound, it is necessary<br />
to change it to ‘an’ to make it easier to say; for<br />
example, ‘an apple’.<br />
(a) Underline 6 errors in the text where ‘a’ and<br />
‘an’ have been confused. Write the correct<br />
word on the line <strong>at</strong> the end of the row.<br />
Note:<br />
Some words beginning with the letter ‘h’ need<br />
‘an’ because the ‘h’ is silent, so the word starts<br />
with a vowel sound; for example, ‘an hour’.<br />
(b) Choose ‘a’ or ‘an’ for the following phrases.<br />
(i)<br />
(ii)<br />
(iii)<br />
urgent message<br />
helpful hint<br />
original painting<br />
(iv)<br />
(v)<br />
(vi)<br />
useful<br />
appliance<br />
honest<br />
mistake<br />
one-hit<br />
wonder<br />
Prepositions are positional words placed before<br />
nouns and pronouns to indic<strong>at</strong>e their rel<strong>at</strong>ion to<br />
other words; for example, ‘I went to bed after<br />
dinner’, ‘My mother is worried about me’.<br />
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(c) Write the missing prepositions from the<br />
text.<br />
(i) Perseus was ordered the king<br />
(ii) Hermes provided him a helmet<br />
3 Spelling<br />
(a) Write the correct spelling of 8 misspelt<br />
words on the line <strong>at</strong> the end of the row.<br />
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